Havatzelet HaSharon

Havatzelet HaSharon
חֲבַצֶּלֶת הַשָּׁרוֹן
Havatzelet HaSharon
Coordinates: 32°21′36.53″N 34°51′42.48″E / 32.3601472°N 34.8618000°E / 32.3601472; 34.8618000Coordinates: 32°21′36.53″N 34°51′42.48″E / 32.3601472°N 34.8618000°E / 32.3601472; 34.8618000
District Central
Council Hefer Valley
Affiliation Agricultural Union
Founded 1935
Founded by Polish immigrants
Population (2015)[1] 553

Havatzelet HaSharon (Hebrew: חֲבַצֶּלֶת הַשָּׁרוֹן, lit. Lily of the Sharon) is a moshav in central Israel. Located in the Sharon plain near Netanya, it falls under the jurisdiction of Hefer Valley Regional Council. In 2015 it had a population of 553.

History

The moshav was founded in 1935 by immigrants from Poland, and was named after Lily Freeman, the wife of Aharon Freeman (for whom Bitan Aharon is named), a leader of the World Zionist Organization in Canada and an advisor to Yehoshua Hankin.

Notable residents

References

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  1. "List of localities, in Alphabetical order" (PDF). Israel Central Bureau of Statistics. Retrieved 16 October 2016.
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